Comparison of ADMIRE, SAFIRE, and Filtered Back Projection in Standard and Low-Dose Non-Enhanced Head CT by Georg Gohla, Anja Örgel, Uwe Klose, Andreas Brendlin, Malte Niklas Bongers, Benjamin Bender, Deborah Staber, Ulrike Ernemann, Till-Karsten Hauser, Christer Ruff

“…Objective HU values remained stable across reconstruction methods, although SAFIRE yielded marginally higher gray and white matter (WM) attenuations (<i>p</i> < 0.01). …”
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Enhanced recovery pathway for older people with hip fracture and cognitive impairment in acute hospitals: the PERFECTED research programme including an RCT by Chris Fox, Simon P Hammond, Lee Shepstone, Fiona Poland, Catherine Henderson, Tamara Backhouse, Bridget Penhale, Simon Donell, Martin Knapp, Douglas Lewins, Alasdair MacLullich, Martyn Patel, Opinder Sahota, Toby O Smith, Justin Waring, Jane L Cross

“…Health economics Data completeness was comparable between suitable informant-reported (SIR) and hospital records but slightly higher in the SIR data. …”
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Geographical Spatial Pattern and Spatiotemporal Suitability Evolution of Cultural Heritage in the Liao River Basin by Jingcheng YUAN, Bijiao LI, Sifan QIU

“…Institutional Catalysts: The Yuan Dynasty’s postal network expansion along the 123°E longitude line increased heritage site density by 180%, lowering ethnic dissimilarity indices from 0.68 to 0.41, indicating greater ethnic integration through institutional support. …”
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Incorporating gene expression and environment for genomic prediction in wheat by Jia Liu, Jia Liu, Andrew Gock, Kerrie Ramm, Sandra Stops, Tanya Phongkham, Adam Norman, Russell Eastwood, Eric Stone, Shannon Dillon

“…Here we explored the role transcriptome data could play in enhancing GS in wheat.MethodsAcross 286 wheat lines, we integrated phenotype and multi-omic data from controlled environment and field experiments including ca. 40K single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), abundance data for ca. 50K transcripts as well as meta-data (e.g. categorical environments) to predict individual genetic merit for two agronomic traits, flowering time and height. …”
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DUALZ—Deep UNCOVER-ALMA Legacy High-Z Survey by Seiji Fujimoto, Rachel Bezanson, Ivo Labbe, Gabriel Brammer, Sedona H. Price, Bingjie Wang, John R. Weaver, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Pascal A. Oesch, Christina C. Williams, Pratika Dayal, Robert Feldmann, Jenny E. Greene, Joel Leja, Katherine E. Whitaker, Adi Zitrin, Sam E. Cutler, Lukas J. Furtak, Richard Pan, Iryna Chemerynska, Vasily Kokorev, Tim B. Miller, Hakim Atek, Pieter van Dokkum, Stéphanie Juneau, Susan Kassin, Gourav Khullar, Danilo Marchesini, Michael Maseda, Erica J. Nelson, David J. Setton, Renske Smit

“…Of these, 27 have been spectroscopically confirmed, leveraged by the latest NIRSpec observations, while photometric redshifts are also constrained by the comprehensive Hubble Space Telescope (HST), NIRCam, and ALMA data sets for the remaining sources. With priors, we further identify a [C ii ]158 μ m line emitter at z = 6.3254 ± 0.0004, confirmed by the latest NIRSpec spectroscopy. …”
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Collagenase injection versus limited fasciectomy surgery to treat Dupuytren’s contracture in adult patients in the UK: DISC, a non-inferiority RCT and economic evaluation by Joseph Dias, Puvan Tharmanathan, Catherine Arundel, Charlie Welch, Qi Wu, Paul Leighton, Maria Armaou, Belen Corbacho, Nick Johnson, Sophie James, John Cooke, Christopher Bainbridge, Michael Craigen, David Warwick, Samantha Brady, Lydia Flett, Judy Jones, Catherine Knowlson, Michelle Watson, Ada Keding, Catherine Hewitt, David Torgerson

“…Collagenase was injected as three aliquots at set anatomical points in line with the current approved summary of product characteristics. …”
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Performance of the Earth Explorer 11 SeaSTAR Mission Candidate for Simultaneous Retrieval of Total Surface Current and Wind Vectors by Adrien C. H. Martin, Christine P. Gommenginger, Daria Andrievskaia, Petronilo Martin-Iglesias, Alejandro Egido

“…Retrieval uncertainties are also reported for several variations around the SeaSTAR baseline three-azimuth configuration, indicating that RMSEs improve only marginally (by ∼0.01 m/s for TSCV) when including broadside Radial Surface Velocity or broadside dual-polarisation data in the inversion. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Proximal Tubule Cell Sources for In Vitro Studies of Renal Proximal Tubule Toxicity by Courtney Sakolish, Han-Hsuan D. Tsai, Hsing-Chieh Lin, Piyush Bajaj, Remi Villenave, Stephen S. Ferguson, Jason P. Stanko, Richard A. Becker, Philip Hewitt, Weihsueh A. Chiu, Ivan Rusyn

“…<b>Results:</b> Gene expression data showed that the primary kidney cells most closely matched the transcriptome of the human kidney medulla, followed by the TERT1 and ciPTEC lines, with the HEK lines showing the lowest similarity. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of paramedics working in general practice: a mixed-methods realist evaluation by Matthew Booker, Sarah Voss, Nicky Harris, William Hollingworth, Nouf Jeynes, Hazel Taylor, Kirsty Garfield, Helen Baxter, Jonathan Benger, Andy Gibson, Trudy Goodenough, Justin Jagosh, Kim Kirby, Cathy Liddiard, Alyesha Proctor, Sarah Purdy, Behnaz Schofield, Hannah Stott, Grace Scrimgeour, Nicola Walsh

“…This analysis looked at coded data arising from 22,509 index consultations. Data analysis involved coding and thematic analysis of qualitative interviews, while quantitative data were analysed using the relevant statistical methods. …”
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Theoretical evaluation of the impact of diverse treatment conditions by calculation of the tumor control probability (TCP) of simulated cervical cancer Hyperthermia-Radiotherapy (H... by Sergio Mingo Barba, Adela Ademaj, Dietmar Marder, Oliver Riesterer, Marco Lattuada, Rudolf M. Füchslin, Alke Petri-Fink, Stephan Scheidegger

“…Simulated patients were generated to compute the Tumor Control Probability (TCP) under different HT conditions (number of HT sessions, temperature and time interval), which were randomly selected within margins based on reported patient data.Results Under the studied conditions, model-based simulations suggested a treatment improvement with a total CEM43 thermal dose of approximately 10 min. …”
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Rate of double reduction and genetic variability in yield, quality, and senescence related traits in tetraploid potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) by Muhammad Farhan Yousaf, Muhammad Farhan Yousaf, Vipin Tomar, Hélène Romé, Merethe Bagge, Mathias Timmermann, Thinh Tuan Chu, Just Jensen

“…Our study investigates these factors using variance components analysis on a dataset comprising 13,131 potato breeding lines and phenotypic data from Scandinavian environments spanning 17 years (2003 to 2021). …”
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HIF-1α and VEGF Immunophenotypes as Potential Biomarkers in the Prognosis and Evaluation of Treatment Efficacy of Atherosclerosis: A Systematic Review of the Literature by Dimitra P. Vageli, Panagiotis G. Doukas, Dimitrios Georgiou, Michailangelos P. Prokopiou, Nefeli E. Ladaki, Androniki Papadopoulou, Sotirios G. Doukas, Konstantina Zacharouli, Konstantinos P. Makaritsis, Maria Ioannou

“…However, VEGF overexpression in serum is marginally associated with an elevated risk for atherosclerosis. …”
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A Corpus Based Study of Pluralisation of English Loan Words in Urdu by Ayesha Jamil

“…<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To keep on evolving lexically is one of the significant traits of languages which renders the quality of being a living organism. …”
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Connectivity guided intermittent theta burst stimulation versus repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in moderately severe treatment resistant depression by Richard Morriss, Lucy Webster, Luke Ingram, Mohamed Abdelghani, Adriana Anton, Shaun Barber, Peter Bates, Paul Briley, Clement Boutry, Cassandra Brookes, Edward Cox, Beth Hall, Marilyn James, Matthew Keane, Micheal Kurkar, Sudheer Lankappa, Peter Liddle, Hamish McAllister-Williams, Hyerin Oh, Alexander O’Neill-Kerr, Jehill Parikh, Stefan Pszczolkowski, Ana Suazo Di Paola, Louise Thomson, Yvette Walters, Dorothee Auer

“…Health economics analysis The primary costing perspective was of the NHS and personal social services, in line with NICE guidance. A secondary broader societal perspective was also considered. …”
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Alkasite restorative material for endodontically treated teeth: a randomized controlled pilot study by Davi Ariel Nobuo Bepu, Renata Siqueira Scatolin, Natalia Saud Junqueira Franco, Luiza Pejon Sanchez, Aline Evangelista Souza-Gabriel, Silmara Aparecida Milori Corona

“…Upon completion of the restorations, 3 calibrated professionals utilized the United States Public Health Service criteria to assess various factors, including retention, secondary caries, marginal adaptation, restoration color, marginal pigmentation, and anatomical form. …”
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Palynofacies and Sporomorph EcoGroups-based paleoecology implications for the Dalichai Formation, Andariyeh, central Alborz by Firoozeh Hashemi Yazdi, Neda Bashiri, fereshteh sajjadi

“…The Sporomorph EcoGroups data from the Dalichai Formation's palynological assemblages, declination of miospores representing Upland/Lowland plant communities and proliferation of those characterizing Lowland/Coastal-Tidal plant associations interpreted to signify relatively low sea level and deposition in a marginal marine setting. …”
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Ex-situ Morphological and Morphometric Studies of the Testis In the West African Dwarf Buck GoatEx-situ Morphological and Morphometric Studies of the Testis In the West African Dwa... by Lukman Oladimeji Raji, Oluwatoyin Oluwasola Ajala

“…Gross morphologic results revealed that WAD testis was ellipsoidal in shape with 2 borders (free and attached), margins (medial and lateral) and similar surfaces (ventral and dorsal). …”
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Post-craniotomy headache and botulinum toxin A: A systematic review of case reports and case series by Hany Atwan, Madleen Mondy, Gergis Altalab, Mena Elgendy

“…BoNT-A regimens differed widely, ranging from 15 to 165 U, and included single versus repeated sessions, as well as injection sites such as the temporalis muscle, incision margins, and cranial suture lines, highlighting the lack of a standardized protocol. …”
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Separate signaling events control TCR downregulation and T cell activation in primary human T cells by Lieve E. H. van derDonk, Louis S. Ates, Jet van derSpek, Laura M. Tukker, Teunis B. H. Geijtenbeek, Jeroen W. J. vanHeijst

“…Classic studies in immortalized T‐cell lines have revealed a major role for the Src family kinase Lck in TCR downregulation. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous nephrolithotomy, flexible ureterorenoscopy and extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for lower pole stones: the PUrE RCTs by Oliver Wiseman, Daron Smith, Kath Starr, Lorna Aucott, Rodolfo Hernández, Ruth Thomas, Steven MacLennan, Charles Terry Clark, Graeme MacLennan, Dawn McRae, Victoria Bell, Seonaidh Cotton, Zara Gall, Ben Turney, Samuel McClinton

“…Keyhole surgery was marginally beneficial for health status with higher complete stone-free rates. …”
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